Yet what Japan fails to appreciate is that, as the years pass, its economic ailments are being compounded by skewed demography.

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But their pain is part of the remedy for Britain's economic ailments.

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The results of this "next stage prosperity, " the vice president argued, could include cleaner air, significant economic benefits, and a gradual reduction in rates of respiratory ailments -- including childhood asthma.

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